I wonder if Garmin realizes that having to download your maps over the
internet is a deal-breaker for most people?



I live in an area that does not have 3G in most places, and no coverage
at all in some.

I am very willing to sacrifice a few gigs for offline maps. I've used
their Windows Mobile app, and that is how it works. It's just a Nuvi
app. I've had a Garmin hand held for years, so having maps is not a
problem for me, and also most people don't realize that you can get
Garmin-compatible auto-routing maps from Open Source Map for free anyhow.

On Sun, 27 Mar 2011 22:47:33 -0700, Anthony Guzzi
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>I wonder if Garmin realizes that having to download your maps over the
>internet is a deal-breaker for most people?

You can buy Garmin maps on DVD or SD card all over the place.
Downloading is a convenience, not a requirement.

On Sun, 27 Mar 2011 22:47:33 -0700, Anthony Guzzi wrote:
> I wonder if Garmin realizes that having to download your maps over the
> internet is a deal-breaker for most people?
>
>
>
> I live in an area that does not have 3G in most places, and no coverage
> at all in some.
>
> I am very willing to sacrifice a few gigs for offline maps. I've used
> their Windows Mobile app, and that is how it works. It's just a Nuvi
> app. I've had a Garmin hand held for years, so having maps is not a
> problem for me, and also most people don't realize that you can get
> Garmin-compatible auto-routing maps from Open Source Map for free anyhow.

Then you've already found the answer: real standalone units are better
for situations of marginal coverage.

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people from sinking this low.
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On 3/27/2011 11:14 PM, Sunshine wrote:
> On Sun, 27 Mar 2011 22:47:33 -0700, Anthony Guzzi
> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>> I wonder if Garmin realizes that having to download your maps over the
>> internet is a deal-breaker for most people?
>
> You can buy Garmin maps on DVD or SD card all over the place.
> Downloading is a convenience, not a requirement.
>


Yes, but you misunderstand. Garmin's new iPhone app ONLY downloads maps
off the internet, there is no way (that I know) to buy maps and transfer
them to an iPhone.

"Sunshine" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> >
> You can buy Garmin maps on DVD or SD card all over the place.
> Downloading is a convenience, not a requirement.

Where's the SD slot in iPhone? Besides, downloading on demand in many cases
is a very big inconvenience, even more so travelling abroad.

"Peter H. Coffin" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed) m...
> > Then you've already found the answer: real standalone units are better
> for situations of marginal coverage.

yes, it is. However it's a very interesting position of the marketologists
at Garmin entering a new market and delivering a half finished/cut down
product.

On Sat, 02 Apr 2011 17:11:26 +0200, AS wrote:

> "Sunshine" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> >
>> You can buy Garmin maps on DVD or SD card all over the place.
>> Downloading is a convenience, not a requirement.
>
> Where's the SD slot in iPhone? Besides, downloading on demand in many
> cases is a very big inconvenience, even more so travelling abroad.

Judging by the availability of an SD card reader adapter for the iPhone,
I'd guess, as an non-iPhone user that the iPhone does not have an inbuilt
SD card reader.

Ah, this link confirms no SD card reader on the iPhone4...

http://www.knowyourmobile.com/features/502551/
why_the_iphone_4_is_still_rubbish.html

http://preview.tinyurl.com/3pevfaq


This might be what you need...

http://www.dpreview.com/news/1002/10...omitiphone.asp

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just because they are not an MP.

"Dave" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Ah, this link confirms no SD card reader on the iPhone4...
>
> http://www.knowyourmobile.com/features/502551/
> why_the_iphone_4_is_still_rubbish.html
>
> http://preview.tinyurl.com/3pevfaq
>
>
> This might be what you need...
>
> http://www.dpreview.com/news/1002/10...omitiphone.asp


Any additional device needs additional power. GPS running needs also more
power. The occupied connector means no external power with the card ->soon
flat battery->no much use as GPS even in the car.

On Sat, 2 Apr 2011 20:24:25 +0200, "AS" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>
>"Dave" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>news(E-Mail Removed)...
>> > Ah, this link confirms no SD card reader on the iPhone4...
>>
>> http://www.knowyourmobile.com/features/502551/
>> why_the_iphone_4_is_still_rubbish.html
>>
>> http://preview.tinyurl.com/3pevfaq
>>
>>
>> This might be what you need...
>>
>> http://www.dpreview.com/news/1002/10...omitiphone.asp
>
>
>Any additional device needs additional power. GPS running needs also more
>power. The occupied connector means no external power with the card ->soon
>flat battery->no much use as GPS even in the car.

You're starting to see some of the many limitations of the iPhone.

On Sat, 2 Apr 2011 17:13:17 +0200, AS wrote:
>
> "Peter H. Coffin" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed) m...
>> > Then you've already found the answer: real standalone units are better
>> for situations of marginal coverage.
>
> yes, it is. However it's a very interesting position of the marketologists
> at Garmin entering a new market and delivering a half finished/cut down
> product.

Software's cheap. And I'm sure that porting Nüvi code to a new platform
means that it's 80% written already.

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